This year's Trip: NEW Orleans!

We are fundraising to give some of Southern California's most talented young musicians the opportunity to travel and perform in New Orleans, the birth place of jazz. The Mission Bay Music Program in San Diego California has a 30 year tradition of preserving and encouraging the performance of traditional jazz. These students have given hundreds of hours, performing through the state spreading this music at community concerts and educational outreach events.

The band’s reputation has traveled all the way to “Crescent City” where they have been invited to perform at the one-and-only, Preservation Hall! We would take our top music ensemble, The Preservationists, to experience and learn from the birthplace of the music they have dedicated their high school careers to. Our goal is to raise $15,000 to make this dream a reality.

Mission Bay High School is a Title 1 school with a very culturally diverse population. This is definitely something that is very unique to our school and city. These students have limited resources. The music program strives to enrich their lives and give them experiences that will foster a sense of purpose and pride in their heritage. We are a melting pot of cultures and music. To have all these students from various backgrounds come together and form a cohesive group focused on traditional jazz is a true accomplishment. This learning experience would give students the opportunity of a lifetime!

Support experiences that change lives!

For the past 40 years we have given students the opportunity to grow as people and performers. Through generous contributions from our community members and businesses we are able to provide students with instruments, workshops and private lessons with professionals, concert and festival performances and trips that have changed the culture of our music program and school.

Please consider donating to the Mission Bay Music Program. All contributions are tax-deductible and collected through our 501c3 (Mission Bay High School Band Boosters).

Here are just a few ways your donations have changed lives at Mission Bay!

Our last trip to New Orleans: 2016

Our 3rd voyage to New Orleans with the Mission Bay Preservationists was magical. We started off the trip with a live performance on WWOZ Radio. Then we followed that with a performance at the Old US Mint with the legendary Wendell Brunious on trumpet. Other shows included Preservation Hall, sitting in with the Treme Brass Band, busking with the Second Hand Street Band and much more! We even recorded a live album while we were in town. Check it out HERE!

Japan Trip 2017

Welcome to Japan!

Sankeien Garden, Yokohama

600 year old venue in Sankeien Garden

Kanazawa High School

Meeting with Superintendent Okada

City Hall, Yokohama

We made the Yokohama news!

Angelica under the Cherry Trees!

Mr. B on the train, Yokohama

Malachi practicing his Japanese calligraphy

Saying goodbye to Kanazawa High School

Kanagawa University

Having lunch at Kanazawa High

New friends at Kanazawa High School

Performing at Dining Live Yankees

Mr. and Mrs. B at Dining Live Yankees

New Freinds: Dining Live Yankees

Yummmmmm!

First meal in Yokohama

On our way to the first gig

Yokohama City Hall performance

Kiana and Maddy at Kanazawa High

Performing at Dining Live Yankees

Mr. B and Kanzawa High Principal

What a trip!! We played 8 shows at 8 different venues, visited 2 cities, collaborated with over 100 music students and musicians, visited 15 historical landmarks, traveled by foot, bus, subway and train, consumed many orders of sashimi, made friends with some of the kindest people and brought back a group of students that will hopefully see the word with greater cultural understanding and compassion. We will miss you Japan!

Our Preservationists performed like true professionals and acted as wonderful ambassadors for our school, city and country. This trip would not have been possible if not for the financial support of our community and the San Diego Yokohama Sister City Society. SDYSCS President Steven Sigafus and his wife Kimiko worked tirelessly to make sure this trip was an extraordinary experience for our students. Domo Arigatou Gozaimasu!